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No. 576,991. Patented Peb; 9, 1897.

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OSCAR F. BOVIER, OF ITHACA, NEV YORK, `ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO .IUDSON4 A. ELSTON, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAG E-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,991, dated February 9, 1897.

Application filed January 1896. Serial No. 574,778. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR FRANKLIN Bo- VIER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ithaca, in the county of Tom pkins and State of New York, have invented and produced a new and original Device to Protect Carriages from the Eiiiects of Light, Dust, and Moisture, of which the followingis a specification.

An explanation of the device. which Ihave entitled the Champion Carriage-Protector, is given in thefollowing specification, which sets forth the construction, adjustment, and manipulation of the same, as shown by the following, viz:

My invention relates to an improvement in carriage-protectors, and particularly to that class which are bodily supported above the carriage and provided with means for raising one or more sides or the whole protectorbodily in removing it from carriages.

The object of the invention is to so construct such a protector that to remove or insert a carriage one end of the protect-or may be quickly and completely raised without interfering with the remainder of the protector, or at least to no greater extent than to raise the lower adjacent corners of the sides. This gives a protector which is easily manipulated,

and one in which the weighted lower edge or other portion of the protector cannot strike the carriage, as is frequently the case in the manipulation of those which are raised and lowered bodily.

Another object of the invention is to so form the protector that an end may be raised as j ust stated and yet be permanently connected to the sides, so that when lowered a perfectly Vtight union will exist between the sides and ends. This is an important feature in protectors of this class, since thereby the chances for the entry of dirt and dust to the interior of the protector are reduced to the minimum.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the front end of the protector that a tight joint may be made around the shafts or the pole of a carriage when they are not readily removable. This special construction of the front curtain provides for materially reducing the length of the protector and thereby diminishing` the cost considerably from that of those which are inade'long enough to take in the shafts or pole.

IVith these objects in View the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and set forth.

' In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l represents my improved carriage-protector in perspective. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is-a front elevation of the protector. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the protector, showing the end curtain raised.

It is intended to support the protector in such place in the carriage-room as the carriage to be covered is generally stationed, and it is preferred to lix the protector there by attachment to the ceiling of the carriage-room or to any other suitable overhead support. For this purpose a frame, as x, is provided, and this is suspended by means of post-s a. Suitable brackets, as c, may be employed to brace the posts and frame. This frame may be covered with any suitable material, as indicated at d. Flexible material, such as cotton cloth, is then secured to the edges of thc frame o@ and made of sufficient length to make close contact with the floor. The cloth forming the side curtains or Walls is represented by s, while the rear Wall or curtain is` represented by c and the front wall or curtain by f. These walls or curtains are integrally connected together at their vertical edges, and to provide for raising one of them, as the front curtain f, without disturbing the remainder of the protector, (at least to no greater extent than to raise the lower adjacent corners of the side curtains,) vertical folds, as a, are formed at the junctions of the side and end curtains.

The protector may be made sufficiently long to cover in the carriage and its shaftsor pole, but I prefer to make it only long enough to cover the carriage. Then to provide for dropping the frontcurtain to the floor I make vertical divisions therein for the accommodation of the carriage shafts or pole. I have shown herein one division, as at c, centrally located for the accommodation of the carriage-pole. Obviously forthe accommodation of carriageshafts there would be two divisions, one at each side of the middle of the curtain.

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To provide for raising the curtain f, I locate along its edge suitable lips or eyes n, through which are passed or threaded the raisin g-cords r. In the case of an entire or undivided front curtain these cords will be attached to the lower corners of the curtain and their upper ends will be passed through pulleys suitably supported above the curtain and returned, preferably, through a gripping-pulley located at u. Then the curtain is divided, as shown, the cords r will pass through small pulleys p, located at the corners of the divisions, as indicated in Fig. 3, and through loops or eyes along the inner edges of said divisions up to a suitable stay, as u, located in a fold of the curtain or in any wise secured thereto above the divisions. Then as the cords r are pulled the divisions of the curtains will be folded up against t-he stay w, and on further pulling of the cords the entire curtain will be raised to the top'of the protector.A

The board h is shown as representing the ceiling of the stable or any strip which may be secured to the posts ct for supporting the upper'pulleys j) and the grip-pulley u.

It is obvious that as the front curtain is raised the folds will open and allow the ascent of the curtain Without disturbing the back curtain of the protector and without even disturbing the side curtains if the forward folds are large enough. (See Fig. 4.)

To the lower ends of the divisions in curtain f I also, by preference, attach stays or slats, as w, to assist in dropping the curtain andin forming a close joint between it and the floor. Obviously such strips or slats may also be attached to the lower edge of the side and rear end curtains, if desired.

I have shown and described the protector as suspended from a frame, which in turn is suspended from suitable supports above it. Obviously the frame xm ay be supported from posts extending upwardly from the floor or laterallyfrom the walls of the room. It is preferable, however, to make these supports asshown, as there is then no danger of disarranging the protector or its support by carelessly handling a carriage in r unning it under the protector or removing it therefrom.

Other changes than those above suggested may be made in the construction and manner of support for the protector without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A carriage-protector suitably supported out of engagement with the carriage and provided with an end integral with the sides and yet adapted to be raised to its full height in dependently of the remainder of the protector, substantially as set forth.

2. A carriage-protector suitably supported out of engagement with the carriage and having its side and en d walls or curtains made of flexible material and united at the vertical edges by vertical folds, one `of said curtains being provided with means for raising it independently of the other curtains as and for the purpose set forth.

A carriage-protector supported out of engagem ent with the carriage and having a vertically-movable front curtain integral with the side curtains and vertically movable independently of the side curtains and divided at its lower end for the accommodation of can ria-ge shafts or pole, a stay extending across the curtain above said division, and cords for raising said curtain run through suitable loops or guides around the sides and lower ends of the divided portions and along the sides of said curtain, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination with 'the suspended supporting-frame of the cover d, the side and end walls or curtains hung from said frame and provided with the folds a, at the junctions between them, and raisin g-cords attached to one of the said curtains only and passing over suitable pulleys above it, substantially as set forth.

OSCAR F. BOVIER.

Vitnesses:

RAYMOND L. SMITH, CHARLES H. BLOOD. 

